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What can I add to Asti to make it nice?

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LaFemmeDamnee · 11/03/2023 17:05

I really want some wine tonight but my darling child had a strop in the supermarket and I had to leave without any. All we have in the house, wine-wise, is a bottle of Asti. Way too sweet. We have tonic and various spirits, and frozen fruit. Maybe some other stuff. What can I add to it to make it nice?

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Kranke · 11/03/2023 17:14

Campari? The bitterness would counteract the sweetness and make it a nice spritz.

Augend23 · 11/03/2023 17:20

A french 75 is a pretty good cocktail - gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup - could bring this right down given you'd be using asti, and then top up the glass with sparkling wine.

LaFemmeDamnee · 11/03/2023 17:28

Augend23 · 11/03/2023 17:20

A french 75 is a pretty good cocktail - gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup - could bring this right down given you'd be using asti, and then top up the glass with sparkling wine.

Oh I have all of these except the sugar syrup and I might not need that.

Thank you @Kranke too

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helpfulperson · 11/03/2023 17:28

Do you have any other alcohol in the house? I think it would be nice mixed with whisky or brandy or similar.

Escapefromcolditz · 11/03/2023 17:32

LaFemmeDamnee · 11/03/2023 17:28

Oh I have all of these except the sugar syrup and I might not need that.

Thank you @Kranke too

Sugar syrup is so easy to make it’s not worth buying it. Same volumes water and sugar, heat until sugar melts then chill it down so you can use it.

LaFemmeDamnee · 11/03/2023 17:33

There's half a bottle of vodka (had guests, don't usually drink it) and numerous bottles of gin (I like gin bit we are gifted it far faster than we drink it). I thought I had some whiskey from when I took a notion for a hot toddy when it was freezing aged ago but I might have poured it away.

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LaFemmeDamnee · 11/03/2023 17:34

Tbh the urge is going off me, I might just have a cup of tea 😂

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TomatoSandwiches · 11/03/2023 17:36

Just a bit of tonic water will do or Grapefruit juice/fruit puree.

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